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nounA verb form that lacks a subject, is not inflected by tense, aspect, mood, number, gender or person and cannot serve as a predicate.
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Chinese Mandarin 非限定動詞 /非限定动词
- 非限定動詞 /非限定动词 (fēi-xiàndìngdòngcí)verb form that lacks a subject
Dutch verbum infinitum, infiniet werkwoord
- verbum infinitumverb form that lacks a subject
- infiniet werkwoordverb form that lacks a subject
Finnish infiniittiverbi
- infiniittiverbiverb form that lacks a subject
French verbe non fini
- verbe non finiverb form that lacks a subject
German infinites Verb
- infinites Verbverb form that lacks a subject
Hungarian igenév, ragozatlan igealak
- igenévverb form that lacks a subject
- ragozatlan igealakverb form that lacks a subject
Italian verbo infinito
- verbo infinitoverb form that lacks a subject
Japanese 準動詞
- 準動詞 (jundōshi)verb form that lacks a subject
Polish czasownik nieodmienny
- czasownik nieodmiennyverb form that lacks a subject
Portuguese verbo não finito
- verbo não finitoverb form that lacks a subject
Spanish verbo no finito
- verbo no finitoverb form that lacks a subject
Cite this entry
APA
non-finite verb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-finite%20verb
MLA
“non-finite verb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-finite%20verb. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “non-finite verb,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/non-finite%20verb.
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